News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-19
LOCAL NEWS.
M RRISVILLE.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES


CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.--Rev. W. A
Bushee, Pastor. Services commence atlo.45 A. N
| M. E. CHURCH.-Rev. w. H. Hyde, Pastor
| Services commence at 1880 A. N.
Oscar Waterman is spending few
days here.
Mrs. C. R Page is in Boston for q
few weeks.
! d. c. Hardy has been appointed
deputy sheriff.
Mrs. o. d. Matthews has fusia
that has ST. buds and blossoms.
c. J. Noyes goes to Cleveland, O..
this week. "Jo'' is a clean youth AND
will do well in any place.
! H. S. Haskins wants so men to cut.
skid, and haul logs. See his adver-
tisement in another column.
Charles F. Gregg left for Brighton,
Mass. on Tuesday. He has employ
ment there for the summer.
George Foss sends us three apples
that he says wintered out doors. They
are as fresh and sound as ever.
Austin Wilkins boy recently took
a trout from the Lamoille, with hook
and line, that weighed 1 "a pounds.
Enos Hills wife and children start
ed for the West Monday. We I'M
derstand that Enos and his brother
George have engaged in the wholesale
grocery business in Kansas.
The Academy students held the last
lyceum Of the school year last Frid ay
evening, and came to the conclusion
that there were no more induce ments
offered to young men in the profess
sions than in the trades.
o. D. Matthews dashed up to our
office door the other day and left word
that the best pair of horses in La
noble county had called on US.
dwight" knows good thing when
he sees it, and we shan't deny but that
he told the truth this time.
Lucius Spaulding, while going
home from this place last week, met
with serious accident. The king
bolt broke, precipitating him upon
the ground, causing bad disIocation
of the shoulder, which required the
united labor of Drs. Hall and Rublee
and Mr.. Huse and Mr.. Robinson to
set. At present he is doing well.
One of our local cleaners remarked
last week, in connection with the
school district item, that it was time
for "Ephraim" to be looking up the
oysters, and ''Eph' is mad about it.
We don't care penny whether the
moderator of that meeting was on the
victors' side or not. He says he was,
while the other side says he was not.
''Eph" is old enough to take little
chatting and keep cool about it.
A new G.. A. R. Post (Pixley, No.
10D was organized at Enosburgh
Falls on Tuesday evening, May 10,
by Maj. D. J. Stafford, chief muster
ing officer. Capt. Blodgett, of the
ST. Johnsbury department., and Maj.
Stafford also visited the posts in East
Fairfield, Richford, Franklin and Ba-
kersfeld last week. and found them
nearly all in good working order.
The lecture at the Town Hall Mon
day evening by Chas. n. Thomas,
under the auspices of the G.. A. R.,
was a success and we'll worth listening
TO, and drew a crowded house. Mr..
Thomas deliverance was excellent,
his lecture instructive and inter-
esting, and the illustrations fine. The
lecturer was introduced in few well
chosen remarks by Capt. Kenfeld,
Commander of J. NJ. Warner Post.
Fires are getting to be rather too
common for comfort. Hardly a day
passes but that we hear of some dis
astrous confagration. The thrifty
village of Lebanon, N. H., by the re-
cent fire met with almost irreparable
loss. The amount by detailed COM
putation is S369,565. Every little
while some village without proper pro-
lection goes into ashes. 1t is just as
likely to be ours next as any other.
A committee ought to be appointed
to 90 into the subject and devise some
plan, which if adopted, would put us
in fair shape to meet a hot fire. If
this is a wise and prudent thing to do,
and who will say it isn't, why not act,
and act now?
On Friday last the dwelling house
occupied by William NJ. Alexander at
Morristown Corners was destroyed by
fire. Mr.. Alexander had just returned
home, and after putting his horse i'll
the barn, went in to dinner. While
eating,. his wife heard an unusual
noise outside, and stepping to the
door found that the barn was COM
pletely enveloped in flames. The fire
s0read quickly to the house and every
thing was soon consumed. Mr.. AL
exander's horse, COW and pig went
with the rest. The post-office records
with stamps and stationery were lost.
There was no insurance on buildings
or personal property, and the loss,
therefore, falls heavily on Mr.. Alex
ander.
A CARD.-Since the burning of my
house the people of the Corners and
vicinity have been very kind to Mrs.
Alexander and myself. They have
not only extend their sympathy, but
have also contributed substantially to
our wants. We both feel deeply
grateful to our friends and wish pub
Iicly to express our thanks to all.
VIM. NJ. ALEXANDER.
The closing exercises ct the PEG.
pies Academy were held last evening
and drew forth the usual full house
The floral display and stage decora'
tons were excellent and tasty in every
respect. The parts of the junior stu,
dents were as follows and were al
well delivered and worthy of praise
Music, "Roman Grand March :" Es,
say, "Whither, and for What" Hat
tie ). Rich Grafton, ''Hero and Hero
Worship" Burton II. Burke; music
waltz, "Summer Evenings 5" recita,
ton, "John Maynard" Ella J
Holmes defamation, "The Las
Charge of Ney," William L. Adams
recitation, 1.-The Sailors Funeral,
Anna Fullington; music, polka
"Friendship;' defamation, 18th,
E Pilgrim Fathers" Edmund G. Morse
: recitation, Mrs. McWilliams and tn,
, Lightning" Myrtle L. Fuller. OF tn,
= graduates, Fabius George delivered
r an grafton on HCharacter Mice Mol